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Constructing the innovation mandate

Paul Hobcraft

So often innovation struggles to be recognized for what it is. Innovation is a critical source of future competitive advantage. Resources : We will allocate [amount] of funding to our innovation program annually, and will dedicate a team of [number] full-time employees to manage and execute innovation initiatives.

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Deepening the Thinking Around the Innovation Mandate – part two

Paul Hobcraft

It should articulate how innovation will contribute to achieving these objectives, and what specific goals and metrics will be used to measure the success of the innovation program. The innovation mandate should clearly define the value goals for the innovation program and how they will be measured and tracked over time.

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10 Questions to Identify Innovative Thinking in Salespeople

BrainZooming

10 Questions to Identify Innovative Thinking in Salespeople. Thinking about innovative sales people I have known, how we teach strategic and creative thinking skills to sales teams, and strategic thinking questions we use to spur new thinking, here are ten questions to identify innovative thinking in salespeople.

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Creative Thinking – We All Have Our “Pizza Meeting” Weak Spots

BrainZooming

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Sincerely Sima: Finding Time for Innovation

KindlingApp

This third entry in the “Sincerely Sima” Innovation Q&A series provides some tips for fitting innovation into your schedule, whether you’re an employee participating in an innovation program, a manager who’s leading one or a senior leader who’s tracking and expecting results. If you’re a Campaign lead or Moderator.

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How to setup an ‘innovation team’

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This special team needs to be strategic, tactical, agile and fast. Innovation can generate noise and become disruptive (not only to the market but also to the company). In any case, the ‘innovation team’ needs to be multidisciplinary with the right balance of strategy, execution and communication experts. Strategists.

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Organize to Prioritize Innovation

KindlingApp

When an organization decides to invest resources, time, and energy in an innovation program, management is making a calculated bet about their teams' ability to identify and solve problems to grow the business—but there's not always a concrete purpose or hurdle against which the innovation program is supposed to act.